Awning vent window



April 3, 1962 c. P. MARTIN AWNING VENT WINDOW ATTQRNEVS M u 1 L K n t 4s m R w 7 m A w V M a e m A V and m m k ,ms

Filed June 24, 1960 April 3, 1962 c. P. MARTIN AWNING VENT WINDOW 2Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

CLET\S D- MARTIN @wuzdam A QR N E VS I 8 BY 34 y/w wfim 8 Claims. (Cl.98-88) This invention relates to a novel awning vent window.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an efficient andhighly practical window structure of the kind indicated which combinesin a novel and more efiective manner, glass panes tilted for deflectionof sun rays and for directing air impinging upon the exterior of thepanes, and combination ventilator and awning hoods which reach outwardlybeyond the panes so as to shelter the panes from overhead sun and extendinto the interior of the building, and to which outside air is directedby the panes.

Another object of the invention is to provide window structure of thecharacter indicated above wherein the hoods are closed except for airintake louvers in their bottoms, at the outer sides of the panes, andoutlet louvers in their inner ends disposed within the building, theflow of air into the building through the outlet louvers beingcontrolled by valve means.

A further object of the invention is the provision of window structureof the character indicated above which involves two vertically alignedtilted panes, a combination ventilator and awning hood located betweenthe panes, and similar hoods located at the upper end of the upper paneand at the lower end of the lower pane, the valve means of the hoodsbeing either individually or simultaneously operable for positive andgradient control of entry of outside air into the building.

Other important objects and advantageous features of the invention willbe apparent from the following description and the accompanyingdrawings, wherein, for purposes of illustration only, a specific form ofthe invention is set forth in detail.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is an outside perspective view showing an awning vent window ofthe present invention installed in a window opening of a building;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary and contracted horizontal sectiontaken on the line 2-2 of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is an enlarged vertical transverse section taken on the line 33of FIGURE 1, showing the valves of the hoods in open position;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary inside elevation taken from the line 4-4 ofFIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical transverse section taken onthe line 5-5 of FIGURE 4; and

FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary and contracted transverse vertical section,like FIGURE 3, showing the hood valves connected together by operatingmeans for simultaneous operation of the valves.

Referring in detail to the drawings, wherein like and related numeralsdesignate like and related parts throughout the several views, and firstto FIGURES 1 to 5, the window structure therein shown, and generallydesignated It comprises a window frame 12 which is composed of verticalside members 14 and 14, a top cross member 16, and a bottom cross member18, which are adapted to be suitably secured to the inner surfaces ofrelated portions of a window opening 20 in a building wall 22.

The bottom frame member 18 is preferably flat, as shown in FIGURE 3, andrests upon the full width of the bottom surface of the window opening20. The top cross member 16 is shown as being of flat channel form,composed of a flat web 24 which is spaced from the top surface of thewindow opening 20, by hook flanges 26. The frame side members 14 and 14are substantially similar channelforms, as shown in FIGURE 2, and arecomposed sszzszs Patented Apr. 3-, 1962 of webs which have flat outerportions 28 and laterally outwardly offset flat inner portions 30, theside member 14 having a vertical closed slot 32 in the jog 33 betweenthe portions 28 and 30. On the remote ends of the portions 28 and 30 arehook flanges 34 and 36, respectively, which bear against the sidesurfaces of the window opening 29 and space the web portions therefrom.

The window structure 10 further comprises three preferably equallyvertically spaced, similar combination ventilator and awning hoods 38,38' and 38". Each hood comprises a flat horizontally elongated hollowhousing 40 having a flat top wall 42, a fiat bottom wall 44, aconcavo-convex outer end wall 46, extending between the outer edges ofthe top and bottom walls, and fiat end walls 48 extending between theends of the top and bottom walls, the hoods being of overall elongatedrectangular shape. While the top walls 42 of the hoods decline at aslight outward and downward angle, for drainage purposes, their bottomwalls 44 are preferably horizontally disposed, or at right angles to thewindow frame 12. The hoods have downwardly and outwardly angled innerside walls 50. I V

The walls of the hoods, except for their bottom walls 44, and theirinner side walls 50 are imperforate, and their top walls 42 are linedwith heat and sound insulation, as indicated at 52. p

The bottom walls 44 of the hoods are formed with longitudinally spacedgroups oflaterally spaced longitudinally extending air intake slots 54which are covered by a screen 55, and outwardly declining louvers 56 aredisposed on edges of outwardly located slots, and inwardly declininglouvers 58 are disposed on edges of inwardly located slots, for reasonshereinafter stated.

The inner side walls 50 of the hoods are formed with vertically spacedhorizontal longitudinal air outlet slots 60 on whose upper edges aredisposed inwardly and downwardly angled louvers 62. Flat flap valveplates 64 are disposed at the outer sides of the walls 50 and have pivotpins 66 projecting from their ends, at their upper edges, which arejournalled in holes 68 provided in the outer web portions 28 of theframe side members, near the jog 33, as shown in FIGURE 2. Marginalguides 65 are provided on the valve plates for sealed engagement of theplates 64 with the inner walls 50 of the hoods, in the closed positionsof the plates. Operating means for the valve plates 64 can comprise flatbars 70 having outer ends pivoted on short rods 72 which are secured toadjacent ends of the plates 64 and extend through arcuate slots 74,formed in one end wall 48 of the hoods and in the outer web portion 28of the window frame side member 14, as shown in FIGURES 2 and 5. Helicalsprings '76 are secured to and stretched between the rods 72 and theinner hook flange 30 of the frame side member 14, so as to bias thevalve plates 64 toward closed positions. The operating bars 76 havespaced notches 78 in their lower edges, for selective engagement withthe lower ends of the slots 32 in the jog 33 of the frame side members14, for holding the valve plates in selected open positions. The bars 70have depending handles 80 on their inner ends, and are individuallyoperable for individually adjusting the valve plates of the hoods.

However, when desired, and as shown in FIGURE 6, the operating bars 70atherein shown, can be connected together, by means of cords or rods 82,for simultaneous operation of the valve plates of all of the hoods, thevalve plates 64a in this case being gravity closed, rather than springclosed. For holding the valve plates 64a in selected open positions, thelowermost cord 82 is adapted to be tied, in stretched condition, to suchas an eye 84, secured to the lower window frame cross member 18.

The upper hood 38 is fixedly mounted in the window frame 12, with itstop wall 42 suitably secured to the 3 underside of the top frame member16, with its inner wall 50 spaced outwardly from the inner edge of themember 16, and with a major part of the hood extending outwardly beyondthe member 16, and with the hood end walls 48 suitably secured to theouter Web portions 28 of the frame side members 14 and 14.

The middle or intermediate hood 38 is fixed to the frame 12 only bysuitable securement of its end walls 48 to the outer web portions 28 ofthe side members 14 and 14'. The lower hood 38 rests upon and issuitably secured to the bottom window frame cross member 18 and has itsend walls suitably secured to the outer web portions 28 of the frameside members 14 and 14.

Upper and lower rectangular channel sash frames 86 are severallydisposed between the upper and intermediate hoods and the intermediatehood and the lower hood, and have window panes 88 set therein. As shownin FIGURE 3, the sash frames 86 are suitably fixed, at their upper ends,to the hood bottom Walls 44, at locations spaced outwardly from theinner sides of the hoods, in line with the outer side of the windowframe, and immediately behind the air intake slots of the hoods; whileat their lower ends, the sash frames are suitably fixed to the hood topwalls 4-2, at locations close to the inner sides of the hoods, so thatthe panes 88 are disposed at inward and down ward angles relative to theframe 12, which is perpendicular.

Because of the canting of the window panes 88, sun rays passing thehoods and impinging thereon, are deflected downwardly, as indicated at90 in FIGURE 3, and prevented from entering the interior of the buildingbehind the panes. Further, the canted positions of the panes cause thepanes to direct outside air, impinging thereon, upwardly toward and pastthe inward louvers 58 and into the inward air intake slots 54 of thehoods, so as to cause a flow of ventilating air inwardly in the hoods toand through their air outlet slots 60, into the building. The outerlouvers 56 direct outside air moving toward the window structure intothe outer intake slots 54 to the outlet slots 60, so as to enhance andsupplement the inward flow of outside air in the hoods directed theretoby the window panes 88.

While there has been shown and described herein a preferred form of theinvention, it is to be understood that the invention is not necessarilyconfined thereto, and that any change or changes in the structure of andin the relative arrangements of components thereof are contemplated asbeing within the scope of the invention as defined by the claimsappended hereto.

What is claimed is:

1. An awning vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, a combination ventilator andawning hood extending between and fixed to said side members andprojecting outwardly beyond said frame, said hood comprising a hollowhousing having an imperforate top wall, an imperforate outer side wall,a bottom wall, end Walls, and an inner side wall, said bottom wall beingformed with outside air intake slots extending longitudinally of thehood, said inner side wall being formed with air outlet slots extendinglongitudinally of the hood, and a window pane secured to and extendingbetween said frame side members, said window pane being upwardly andoutwardly angled relative to the window frame, said air intake slotsincluding outwardly located slots and inwardly located slots, and inwardlouvers on edges of the inwardly located slots angled downwardly andinwardly toward said window pane, said rearward louvers serving todirect air into the inwardly located slots directed thereto by thewindow pane, and outward louvers on edges of the outwardly locatedslots, said outward louvers being outwardly and downwardly angledrelative to the perpendicular to direct air moving toward the windowinto said outwardly located slots concurrently with the direction of airinto the inwardly located slots.

2. An awning vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, a combination ventilator andawning hood extending between and fixed to said side members andprojecting outwardly beyond said frame, said hood comprising a hollowhousing having an imperforate top wall, an imperforate outer side wall,a bottom wall, end walls, and an inner side wall, said bottom wall beingformed with outside air intake slots extending longitudinally of thehood, said inner side wall being formed with air outlet slots extendinglongitudinally of the hood, and a window pane secured to and extendingbetween said frame side members, said window pane being upwardly andoutwardly angled relative to the window frame, and a valve plate pivotedwithin the hood housing at the outer side of the inner side wall of thehood to swing toward and away from said inner side wall for closing theoutlet air slots therein, and operating means for the valve plate.

3. An awning vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, a combination ventilator andawning hood extending between and fixed to said side members andprojecting outwardly beyond said frame, said hood comprising a hollowhousing having an imperforate top wall, an imperforate outer side wall,a bottom wall, end walls, and an inner side wall, said bottom wall beingformed with outside air intake slots extending longitudinally of thehood, said inner side wall being formed with air outlet slots extendinglongitudinally of the hood, and a window pane secured to and extendingbetween said frame side members, said window pane being upwardly andoutwardly angled relative to the window frame, and a valve plate pivotedwithin the hood housing at the outer side of the inner side wall of thehood to swing toward and away from said inner side wall for closing theoutlet air slots therein, and operating means for the valve plate,comprising an endwise movable bar, a rod secured to and extendinglaterally from an end of the bar, said rod being fixed to an end of thevalve plate, spring means urging the valve plate toward said inner sidewall, and notches spaced along the bar for selective engagement with aportion or the window frame.

4. An awning vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, a combination ventilator andawning hood eX- tending between and fixed to said side members andprojecting outwardly beyond said frame, said hood comprising a hollowhousing having an imperforate top wall, an imperforate outer side wall,a bottom wall, end walls, and an inner side wall, said bottom wall beingformed with outside air intake slots extending longitudinally of thehood, said inner side wall being formed with air outlet slots extendinglongitudinally of the hood, and a window pane secured to and extendingbetween said frame side members, said window pane being upwardly andoutwardly angled relative to the window frame, and a valve plate pivotedwithin the hood housing at the outer side of the inner side wall of thehood to swing toward and away from said inner side wall for closing theoutlet air slots therein, and operating means for the valveplate,

comprising a bar fixed at one end to the valve plate, atttk an elementsecured to and extending downwardly from the other end of the bar, thevalve plate being gravity biased toward the inner side wall of the hood.

5. An awing vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, combination ventilator andawning means comprising vertically spaced upper, intermediate, and lowerhoods, said hoods comprising hollow housings having imperforate topwalls, imperforate outer side walls and imperforate end walls, andbottom walls and inner side walls, the bottom wall having longitudinaloutside air intake slots therein, the inner side wall havinglongitudinal air outlet slots, said hoods being wider than the windowframe side members and extending therebetween, the

upper hood being secured to the top frame cross member and to the sidemembers, said intermediate hood being secured to the side members, andsaid lower hood being secured to the side members and to the bottomwindow frame cross member, said hoods having outer portions reachingoutwardly beyond the window frame and inner portions located at theinward side of the window frame, an upper window sash extending betweenthe upper and intermediate hoods and having the upper end secured to thebottom wall of the upper hood at the inner side of the inlet openings,and a lower window sash extending between the intermediate hood and thelower hood and having the upper end secured to the bottom wall of theintermediate hood at the inner side of the inlet openings.

6. An awning vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, combination ventilator andawning means comprising vertically spaced upper, intermediate, and lowerhoods, said hoods comprising hollow housing having imperforate topwalls, imperforate outer side walls and imperforate end walls, andbottom walls and inner side walls, the bottom wall having longitudinaloutside air intake slots therein, the inner side wall havinglongitudinal air outlet slots, said hoods being wider than the windowframe side members and extending therebetween, the upper hood beingsecured to the top frame cross member and to the side members, saidintermediate hood being secured to the side members, and said lower hoodbeing secured to the side members and to the bottom window frame crossmember, said hoods having outer portions reaching outwardly beyond thewindow frame and inner portions located at the inward side of the windowframe, an upper window sash extending between the upper and intermediatehoods and having the upper end secured to the bottom wall of the upperhood at the inner side of the inlet openings, and a lower window sashextending between the intermediate hood and the lower hood and havingthe upper end secured to the bottom wall of the intermediate hood at theinner side of the inlet openings, said window sashes being inclinedoutwardly relative to the window frame.

7. An awning vent Window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, combination ventilator andawning means comprising vertically spaced upper, intermediate, and lowerhoods, said hoods comprising hollow housings having imperforate topwalls, imperforate outer side walls and imperforate end walls, andbottom walls and inner side walls, the bottom wall having longitudinaloutside air intake slots therein, the inner side wall havinglongitudinal air outlet slots, said hoods being wider than the windowframe side members and extending therebetween, the upper hood beingsecured to the top frame cross member and to the side members, saidintermediate hood being secured to the side members, and said lower hoodbeing secured to the side members and to the bottom window frame crossmember, said hoods having outer portions reaching outwardly beyond thewindow frame and inner portions located at the inward side of the windowframe, an upper window sash extending between and secured to the upperand intermediate hoods, and a lower window sash extending between andsecured to the intermediate hood and the lower hood, said window sashesbeing inclined outwardly relative to the window frame, said sasheshaving upper ends engaged with the bottom walls of related hoods atlocations immediately inwardly of the air intake slots thereof.

8. An awning vent window comprising a window frame having vertical sidemembers and top and bottom cross members, combination ventilator andawning means comprising vertically spaced upper, intermediate, and lowerhoods, said hoods comprising hollow housings having imperforate topwalls, imperforate outer side walls and imperforate end walls, andbottom walls and inner side walls, the bottom wall having longitudinaloutside air intake slots therein, the inner side wall havinglongitudinal air outlet slots, said hoods being wider than the windowframe side members and extending therebetween, the upper hood beingsecured to the top frame cross memher and to the side members, saidintermediate hood being secured to the side members, and said lower hoodbeing secured to the side members and to the bottom window frame crossmember, said hoods having outer portions reaching outwardly beyond thewindow frame and inner portions located at the inward side of the windowframe, an upper window sash extending between and secured to the upperand intermediate hoods, and a lower window sash extending between andsecured to the intermediate hood and the lower hood, said window sashesbeing inclined outwardly relative to the window frame, said sasheshaving upper ends engaged with the bottom walls of related hoods atlocations immediately inwardly of the air intake slots thereof, andvalve plates pivoted in the hoods to swing toward the inner side wallsof the hoods to close the air outlet slots therein, and operating meansfor the valve plates.

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